Tas. 4857. 
TRICHOPILIA coccinea. 
Red-flowered Trichopilia. ~ 
Nat. Ord. OxncnHipEm.—GyNAanDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Sepala et petala zqualia, patentia, angusta. Labellum magnum, 
petaloideum, convolutum, cum columna parallelum, trilobum, lobo intermedio 
subbilobo planiusculo, intus nudum. Colwmna teres, clavata. Clinandrium cu- 
cullatum, trilobum, villoso-fimbriatum. A4zthera unilocularis, compressa, antice 
convexa. Pollinia 2, postice sulcata, caudicule tenui cuneate adherentia: glan- 
dula minima.—Pseudobulbi carnosi, vaginis maculatis supertecti, monophylli, 
coriacei. Flores solitarii, axillares. Lindl. ® ‘ 
TricnoPii1a coccinea; pseudobulbis angustis oblongis compressis sulcatis 
monophyllis, foliis lanceolatis planis basi subcordatis acuminatis recurvis, 
pedunculis plurifloris, petalis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis semel tortis, la- 
bello quadrilobo lobis rotundatis convexis planis basi arcte convoluto, cu- 
culli trilobi laciniis fimbriatis subeequalibus. Lindl. 
TRicnopri1a coccinea. Lindl. in Pawton’s Fl. Gard. v. 2. t. 54. 
TRICHOPILIA marginata. “ Henfr. Gard. Mag. of Bot. July 1851, with a figure.” 
A native of Central America, where it was discovered by Mr. 
,Warszewicz, who sent it to England in 1849, under the name of 
Trichopilia coccinea, a name properly adopted by Dr. Lindley, 
though not till after it had been published by Mr. Henfrey under 
the name of 7. marginata. The specimen here figured in April 
of the present year (1855) is from the collection of S. Rucker, 
Esq., Wandsworth, and we are informed by his skilful gardener, 
Mr. Junkermann, that it was presented to that gentleman by 
Mr. H. Gireoud, gardener to Charles Nauen, Esq., of Berlin ;— 
equally derived from Mr. Warszewicz. It is a very handsome 
Species, most so of any of the genus, and is described as some- 
times having the entire flower of a rich deep carmine colour, 
whereas in our plant the outside of the flower is white, or nearly 
so;—the upper or inner side red-purple; the sepals margined 
with white. In Dr. Lindley’s figure the upper side of the la- 
bellum has a clearly defined border of white, and the peduncles 
JUNE lst, 1855. 
